The iceberg that sank the Titanic was a giant mile-long behemoth. The iceberg most likely came from the west coast of Greenland from one of its many glaciers. The Iceberg had started its journey 1000 years prior to the incident the years of new snow falling on top of it over and over the years compressed the snow turning it into ice only further adding to the iceberg. This iceberg was special in the fact that it was able to make it that far out as most icebergs melt before they can make it to Atlantic waters. out of 13000-15000 icebergs that are calved only 1 percent of them make it to Atlantic waters meaning that they are an anomaly, to begin with.
https://www.wired.com/2012/04/titanic-iceberg-history/
"This next photo was taken by a Captain De Carteret of the Minia, one of a few cable ships – vessels ordinarily used to lay deep sea cables, such as those for telecommunications – sent to the site of the shipwreck to recover corpses and debris. The captain claimed this was the only iceberg in the area, and the red paint was again a clear sign that a ship had recently struck it. There's some disagreement over whether this was the only iceberg in the area, but it certainly seems likely that something had hit it, and the odds are good that that something was the Titanic."
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